Gate-hinge



(No Model.)

0. M. HAWLEY.

GATE HINGE.

No. 878,199. Patented Feb. 21, 1888.

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N. FEIERS, Fxwln-Lmw n hnr, Washington, 0.6

rrni) STATES ATENT @rricn GATE-HENGE.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,199, dated February 21, 1888.

Application filed July 12, 1887. Serial No. 244,059. (No model.)

. To (ZZZ whom it may emwcrn:

Be it known that 1', OSCAR llIANLEY Haw- LEY, of Ohurehs Corners, in the county of Hillsdale and State ofMichigan. haveinvented a new and Improved Gate-Hinge, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription. I

My invention relates to improvements in that class of gate-hinges in which the gate may be slid back in the hinge and the said hinge turned upon its vertical axis, carrying the gate with it, the object being to provide a hinge which is equally adapted for rail, picket, or wire gates.

[he invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, as will he hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the hinge applied to a rail fence. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating the gate closed in positive lines and opened in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a side ele ration, on asmaller scale, of a picket gate having my improvement applied; and Fig. 5 is a section on line a; a: of Fig. 4.

In carrying out the invention the hinge consists of a vertical metal bar, A, of a length equal to or greater than the width of the gate to be swung. The upper and lower ends of the said bar A are bent horizontally, forming arms a, and then vertically parallel with the same, forming legs Z), as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

In each of the top and bottom horizontal arms a of the body two apertures, a, are produced. The vertical member of an angular staple, B, attached to one gate-post, B, enters one of the said lower apertures, and a bolt or pin, b", passes through an eye-staple, B on the upper end of the gate-post B, and through one of the apertures in the upper arm, by means of which the gate is hinged to the post. Accidental detachment of the hinge from the staples may be prevented by a nut, b screwed upon the boltb. The staples are driven in the inner corner of the post B, as shown in Fig. 8, whereby the hinge may be turned parallel with the inner side of the post, as shown in positive lines, or at right angles thereto and parallel with the face of the post fronting the gate-opening, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the former being the closed position of the hinge and the latter the open position.

A bracket, D, is attached to the inner face of the hinge-bar A, and in said bracket and bar the trunnions of a grooved wheel, 1), are journaled,as illustrated in Fig. 2. The bracket D may be made adjustable vertically upon the hinge-bar, for a purpose hereinafter described, by slotting the said hinge-bar, as shown in Fig. 1. I

In the rail gate E (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3) the angular staple B and the pin or bolt 1) pass through the apertures a in the outer ends of the arms a, and the gate is held in position by one rail bearing upon the grooved wheel D,

and the rail next below traveling between the bracket D and the hinge-bar A.

Vhen the hinge is to be used upon a picket gate, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the bar A is reversed, so as to be next to the post, the angular staple B and pin b being placed in the inner apertures of the arms a, and the bracket 1) being adjusted so as to raise the wheel D under the top rail of the gate, with the legs I) projecting along the sides of the gate and preventing the same from being lifted up or thrown sidewise. It will thus be seen that the legs serve to hold the gate on the roller, and by their use the hinge is adapted to either a rail or picket gate.

To open the gate, the same is carried back parallel with the line of fence any desired distance, and the gate and hinges are thereupon swung around at right angles to the line of fence, as shown in Fig. 8 in dotted lines, the radius being made long or short, as found most convenient.

It is evident that the gate may be swung at an elevation from the ground, to enable hogs and sheep to pass under, yet constitute a bar for cattle, and, being so raised, the gate is cleared from contact with the ice and frozen snow in winter.

Having thus described my invention, what bracket to the bar, substantially as herein 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, shown and described. 1s- 7 T The slotted bar A, having the horizontal OSCAR MANIA HAWLEL 5 arms a, provided with apertures a, and with Witnesses:

the legs I), in combination with the bracket D,

M. H. iVIORIARTY, the wheel D, and the bolts for securing the THOMAS J .HITTER. 

